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Nail printing apparatus and control method

Pending Publication Date: 2022-09-29
CANON KK
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The present invention is a nail printing apparatus that can print images on a person's nails by moving a print head and ejecting ink from a nozzle. The apparatus includes a control unit that can control the movement of the print head. The technical effect of this invention is that if the print head is stopped while moving, the control unit can switch the movement of the print head based on its stop position. This allows for smoother and more accurate printing.

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Therefore, there is a possibility that a trouble occurs at a timing when the printing operation is restarted.

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[0019]In the present embodiment, a nail printing apparatus that prints a nail design on a nail of a person to be printed will be explained. There is a case in which the nail printing apparatus executes an emergency stop, in which the driving of the print head is stopped while the operation for printing a nail design is in progress. In the present embodiment, a method of controlling the movement of the print head after the print head is emergently stopped will be explained.

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[0020]FIG. 1 is a block diagram illustrating the configuration of the printing system of the present embodiment. The printing system includes the host 100 and the nail printing apparatus 110. The nail printing apparatus 110 is an apparatus having a function of drawing an image directly on a nail of a hand of a person to be printed. Note that, although the present embodiment shows the example in which a nail of a hand is a printing target, the printing target is not limited to a hand and may be a...

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Abstract

A nail printing apparatus comprises: a print head configured to perform a printing operation in which an image on a nail of a person to be printed is printed by moving in a scanning direction and ejecting ink from a nozzle; and a control unit configured to control movement of the print head, wherein, in a case where movement of the print head is stopped regardless of controlling of movement of the print head associated with the printing operation, the control unit switches the controlling of movement of the print head after the stopping based on a stop position of the print head.

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BACKGROUND OF THE DISCLOSUREField of the Disclosure[0001]The present disclosure relates to a nail printing apparatus and a control method.Description of the Related Art[0002]There is a method for printing nail art on a nail of a person to be printed by use of a printer. Hereinafter, the printer that prints nail art on a nail will be referred to as a nail printing apparatus.[0003]In Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2017-23202, the method of stopping the driving of a printhead in a case of detecting a change in the position of a detector supported by the printhead.[0004]If the driving of the print head with which a printing operation is in progress is stopped by the method of Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2017-23202, ink will not be ejected from the nozzles of the print head, and thus there is a case in which the ink adhering to the nozzles dries. Therefore, there is a possibility that a trouble occurs at a timing when the printing operation is restarted.SUMMARY OF THE DISCLOSURE[0005]Th...

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IPC IPC(8): B41J25/00
CPCB41J25/006B41J3/407B41J29/38B41J2/165
Inventor TOBIMATSU, DAISUKEYOSHIDA, KENICHI
Owner CANON KK